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{{short description|Advisory body under Government of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
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| agency_name     = Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
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| agency_type     = Advisory body
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| formed          = {{Start date and age|1965|01|01}}
| preceding1      = Department of Scientific Research
| jurisdiction    = [[India]]
| headquarters    = [[Delhi]]
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| employees       = Classified
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| chief1_name     = Vijay Paul Sharma <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cacp.da.gov.in/CompOfCommission.aspx |title=Current Chairman and Members}}</ref>
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| website         =  https://cacp.da.gov.in
| parent_department = [[Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare]]
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The '''Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices''' ('''CACP''') is an attached office under the [[Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare]], [[Government of India]], that recommends [[Minimum Support Price]]s (MSPs) for select crops. It was established in 1965<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/ViewQuestionare.aspx?Input=2&DocId=1&PageId=34&KeyId=247|title= The resolution passed for the creation of the commission}}</ref> as the '''Agricultural Prices Commission''', and was given its present name in 1985.<ref name="mainc">{{cite web|title=The Commission of Agricultural Costs & Prices Organisation|url=http://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/content.aspx?pid=32|website=nic.in|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>

==Mission==
The commission was established to recommend [[Minimum Support Price]]s (MSPs), to motivate cultivators and farmers to adopt the latest technology in order to optimise the use of resources and increase productivity.<ref name="mainc" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Cane farmers association urges government to fix minimum support price for sugar|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-04/news/65204478_1_cane-growers-high-cane-prices-indian-sugar-mills-association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025013254/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-04/news/65204478_1_cane-growers-high-cane-prices-indian-sugar-mills-association|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2015|accessdate=18 August 2015|agency=TET}}</ref>

== Composition ==
Currently, the Commission consists of<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/content.aspx?pid=32 |title= Composition of CACP|accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref> -
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|a Chairman
|Member Secretary
|one Member (Official)
|two Members (Non-Official)
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The non-official members are representatives of the farming community and usually have an active association with the farming community.

==Recommendations==
As of now, CACP recommends MSPs of 22 commodities:

*7 cereals: paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi,
*5 pulses: gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil,
*7 oilseeds: groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, [[sesamum]], sunflower, safflower, [[niger seed]] and
*3 commercial crops: copra,  cotton and raw jute (sugarcane - Fair and remunerative Price )

==References==
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{{Indian commissions}}

[[Category:Agricultural organisations based in India]]
[[Category:1965 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Agricultural Union]]
[[Category:Indian commissions and inquiries]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1965]]


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